SURAT: Three women were caught on CCTV camera at a jewellery store in Sarthana area while stealing two gold chains worth Rs 1 lakh.
The trio diverted the saleswoman attention by engaging her in talks and stole the gold chains weighing a total 20 grams, while sitting right across her on the other side of the display desk.
Sarthana police booked the three unidentified women on Friday and registered an offence of stealing two gold chains worth Rs 1 lakh based on a complaint filed by the owner of Manki Jewellers, Sanjay Trada.
On May 28, the women arrived at around 11.25 pm posing as customers and asked the saleswoman to show them gold chains.
Dressed in simple clothes, the women pretended to check the chains while stealthily lifting two of them and leaving within a few minutes thereafter.
The store staff noticed the theft only in the evening when they discovered two chains missing from the stock.
“I am checking with other jewellers in the area if a theft was carried out in a similar pattern from their shop,” Trada told TOI.
Photos and video of the women are being circulated by police in the Sarthana area and nearby police stations to identify the women.
“Police are working to identify them from CCTV footage.
We got few leads and the accused women will be nabbed soon,” said an officer in Sarthana police station.